By Mark Pazniokas
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy got the unscripted confrontations he wanted tonight at his first education forum: teachers willing to mix it up over tenure reform, and a Bridgeport parent and former official furious over the state takeover of that city’s troubled schools.
Challenged on tenure reform, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy makes a point tonight: “I just want to get to the point where we don’t give excuses why we can’t educate our children.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Ctmirror.org photo
In a community center in Hartford’s South End, the first stop on a tour that will take him across the state to sell a plan for education reforms, Malloy repeatedly warned that failure by teachers and schools must have consequences.
“I just want to get to the point where we don’t give excuses why we can’t educate our children,” Malloy told one woman with 23 years as a Hartford teacher and counselor.
For an hour, the governor repeatedly came back to a need for consequences. His proposals include a teacher evaluation system that would help struggling teachers, but remove those who cannot eventually improve their performance.
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Yeah; and while that “EVENTUALLY” is awaited, students are still losing out to a system that coddles
ineptness and misfeasance.
Shame on us all!